New Ulm weekly review., 1887-12-21
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I Abstract OF the Proceedings otsti1e
Senate and House.


ABSTRACT Of the Proc eedlngs. ottt,e.
Senate and House..
Not in session.
Mr.. Hatch submitted concurrent reso.
iutlon that when the two houses adjourn
On Monday, Dec. 10. they stand adjourn
ment until Thursday, Jan. S. Mr. Reed OF
Ma1ne inquired the reason OF the submis-
sion OF this resolution. Mr.. Hatch replied
that it was the usual resolution
brought in at the first session OF a
congress- Mr.. Reed. opposing the resoIu.
tlon, said that all were agreed lat least on
should be reduced, and the Republicans
stood ready now, to make. reduction
20 which the other side was agreed, and
that was in reference to the. tobacco tax.
He hoped that an opportunity would be
given them by the powers that be-. or were
to be, to vote thereon and show to- the
country some proper disposition in this
regard.
Mr.. Hatch said that he had hoped, he
could yield the floor to the gentleman
from Maine without that gentleman inn
proving his opportunity to make a politi-
cal harangue. If the gentleman had not
had an opportunity. time and again,
{ during the Forty-ninth congress to vote
LOT the consideration OF tariff BILL
against it, there might be be
some sincerity in his talk Mr.. Cox
OF New York said that he would like to see
every man in the house regard this fiscal
question as outside Of politics. It was q
business question in every sense OF the
& word. Mr.. Mills Of Texas offered a sub
stitute for Mr.. Hatch's resolution, reso-
luton declaring that when the two houses
adjourn on Thursday, Dec. 22, they stand
adjourned until Wednesday,, Jan 4. Hatch
accepted the substitution and the resolu-
tlan, $ modified, was agreed to.
SENATE.
Mr.. Pugh offered the following resolu.
tion, and proceeded to address the senate
lnsupport OF it:
Resolved, That the most important and
pressing duty OF the present session OF
y congress is to revise, and SO amend existing
internal tax and tariff laws as to reduce
the annual revenues to be collected there
from to the necessary wants OF the federal
government and no more than it needs to
pay it's nlatured debts and discharge it's
obligations under the laws ofcongress with
utcrlppling or deranging any American in
j. dustries OF business or interest connected
Z with the subjects OF tariff taxation or in.
terfering with the just rights OF American
g working people, intended to be secured to
them by the incidental effects of revenue
duties, to share in the joint product OF tn 9
labor the capital employed in American
mining and manufacturing industries to
the full measure OF the differerence in the
cost OF their labor and the labor OF those
engaged in similar Industries in Europe.
Resolved, That the senate will concur in
no Joint resolution for the final adjourn
1nent OF the present session of congress
until alter the passage OF such remedial
laws as are specified in the foregoing reso-
lutions.
At the close OF Mr.. Pugh's remarks the
resolution was ordered to lie on the table,
Mr.. Spooner presented in the senate q
petition from certain settlers and claim
ants OF land in Wisconsin praying that
measures be taken to prevent the denuding
OF certain la nds within railroad indemnity
limits OF their timber by certain trespass-
ers. Petitioners claim that they
are claimants to land lying along
tral roads in township Al, ~ and 40,
ranges and 5, bayfield,, Sawyer and Ash
land counties, WISCONSIN, under the order
OF the interior opening certain indemnity
land to settlement, but that certain tres
passers claiming title by purchase from the
railroad company are cutting timber from
the lands They pray that this be stopped.
reSolution to-day authorizing the COM
81 niittee on public lands to prepare bill
providing for the repeal OF the act OF
u March 3. 1887, authorizing persons to ac-
quire title to certain railroad lands by
purchase and to restrict the requirement
OF such lands under, such purchase to 1850
acres to each person. The reason given in
the preamble is the late construction of
the above law by the attorney general
fayOra BILE to purchasers.
s bill introduced by Senator Stewart
provides for the appointment OF a chief
justice and two associate justices to sit at
Washington and have jurisdiction to hear
and decide contested land cases. The justi-
ees are TO hear cases separately, and also
to constitute a court in banc.
Senator Dawes introduced a bill, viii ch
was referred to the committee on Indian
affairs, it provides that any white man
who hereafter marries an Indian woman
member OF a tribe, can not in any way
becoEleSthe owner oflGr gain an interest in
my, tribal property, or become the pos
*essSr;s of any property upon a reservation.
x. he bill does not intend to prohibit white
men marrying Indian women, but to pre-
vent them from accumuating property.
the speaker announced the appoint
Inett OF the committee on rules as fol-
Z
and Cannon. Mr.. Dibble OF South Carolina
csfePRafl,a resolution referring to the com.
itItee IN appro opria tions any reports ofthe
coal!r oelaims on the French spoilation
sselai ins nth Instructions to that commit
7NfeeSs rs S5orts all claims which have been
decided favorably to the claimants in the
general deficiency BILL The previous ques.
ton wils ordered-yeas 163, nays 3d. and
the resolution was adopted.
SENATE.
q Senator Call renewed his motion to
pri,it in the Record the memorial OF the
Utah consitional convention. Edmunds
and C.lll indulsed in a sarcastic personal
dispute over the motion and finally Mr..
Call said the memorial having been read by
him, it would necessarily be printed in the
Record. As he did not desire to provoke
any further contention in the matter he
withdrew his resolution.
Mr, Blairs succeeded, BY a vote OF 81 to 15,
4 no ha 10 To rno Eo o,l,,o